Four Head Start centers in Massachusetts serving hundreds of children have closed their doors, and five other programs are running on emergency state funds after the federal government shutdown halted ...

FILE - Olivia Starr clings to her father, Thaxter Hall, as Associate Educator Jessica Clark works to comfort her as she is dropped off for the last day of school at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve more than 58,000 of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

Playtime sponsored by the Rutland County Head Start at Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum on Dec. 11, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A version of this story by Adora Brown was published on Oct. 29, 2025 ...